Word: spilled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...over squatting, the illegal takeover of unused housing. Squatting is not a new phenomenon in the major cities of housing-short Western Europe, but it has been gathering force in recent months, particularly in West Germany. Arrests of squatters have led to more demonstrations and begun to spill over into a broader, ill-defined protest against everything from materialism and technology to authority in general. Officials in Bonn fear the squatters' movement could become politicized or even develop links with terrorists...
...another flight, the evening's chief activity is well underway, as sweating tuxedoed men spill cheap champagne out of shallow glasses onto the expensive dresses of their dates. "Who are these people? Do you know any of them?" Someone's question wafts across the room, but it's impossible to tell who asked it. Everyone is smiling...
Lately, Hallice helped communicate vital information to Somerville authorities who were without an adequate radio system during the spill of toxic gases last year...
...could be censured for preferring the luxury of a chauffeured limousine, particularly if someone else is footing the bill? It is still possible to enjoy a ride with a civilized or silent cab driver. Suburban car pools will usually accept a nondriving member, so long as he does not spill his coffee on a seatmate's crossword puzzle...
...live that way. There is now an odor of hypocrisy in the air, notes Epstein, particularly among "authors of books deploring affluence who regularly call their editors for up-to-the-minute royalty statements; Marxist professors with two Volvos in the driveways of their summer homes. Esquire, whose pages spill over with advertisements for cars, clothes, travel and other worldly treasure, runs an article on the pleasures of downward mobility...